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A630 traffic and collisions
The A630 is an A-road of 24.5 miles, from Sheffield to Doncaster. This page covers its traffic at 26 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 242m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 27,097 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 72,654 A57 to B6200 Handsworth Rd
- HGV share 3.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +4.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 366 32.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A630?
On an average day in 2025, 27,097 vehicles passed each point on the A630, counting both directions. The busiest section is A57 to B6200 Handsworth Rd (Sheffield), with 72,654 a day; the quietest listed is School Lane to A6023, with 8,405.
Busiest sections, 2025
A57 to B6200 Handsworth Rd carries 2.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A57 to B6200 Handsworth Rd Sheffield · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 72,654 |
| B6533 Poplar Way to B6066 Rotherham Rd Rotherham · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.9% | 71,043 |
| B6200 Handsworth Rd to B6533 Poplar Way Sheffield, Rotherham · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 68,245 |
| B6066 Rotherham Rd to M1 Rotherham · 0.7 mi · HGVs 3.9% | 64,649 |
| A6178 to Main St Rotherham · 0.5 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 39,352 |
| A60 to A18 Doncaster · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 35,239 |
| A631 to A6178 Rotherham · 1.2 mi · HGVs 4.7% | 34,974 |
| M1 to A631 Rotherham · 0.6 mi · HGVs 5.1% | 34,935 |
| A19 to A18 Doncaster · 3.0 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 25,666 |
| A1(M) to A60 Doncaster · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 24,655 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Sheffield to Doncaster · 24.5 miles
A630 traffic and collisions by section
24 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
Show all 24 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A57 to B6200 Handsworth RdSheffield | 72,654 | 4 |
| 2 | B6200 Handsworth Rd to B6533 Poplar WaySheffield, Rotherham | 68,245 | 10 |
| 3 | B6533 Poplar Way to B6066 Rotherham RdRotherham | 71,043 | 7 |
| 4 | B6066 Rotherham Rd to M1Rotherham | 64,649 | 13 |
| 5 | M1 to A631Rotherham | 34,935 | 7 |
| 6 | A631 to A6178Rotherham | 34,974 | 15 |
| 7 | A6178 to Main StRotherham | 39,352 | 18 |
| 8 | Main St to A629Rotherham | 35,530 | 10 |
| 9 | A629 to A633Rotherham | 35,165 | 5 |
| 10 | A633 to A629Rotherham | 35,788 | 8 |
| 11 | A633 to A6123Rotherham | 15,571 | 25 |
| 12 | A6123 to School LaneRotherham | 13,030 | 30 |
| 13 | School Lane to A6023Rotherham, Doncaster | 8,405 | 8 |
| 14 | A6023 to Micklebring GroveDoncaster | 8,730 | 4 |
| 15 | A6023 to Butt Hole RdDoncaster | 12,620 | 9 |
| 16 | Butt Hole Rd to Norbreck RdDoncaster | 17,002 | 8 |
| 17 | Norbreck Rd to A1(M)Doncaster | 22,649 | 8 |
| 18 | A1(M) to A60Doncaster | 24,655 | 27 |
| 19 | A60 to A18Doncaster | 35,239 | 32 |
| 20 | A630/A18 to A638Doncaster | 20,038 | 20 |
| 21 | At A638Doncaster | 35,578 | 24 |
| 22 | A638 to A19Doncaster | 16,010 | 8 |
| 23 | A19 to A18Doncaster | 25,666 | 51 |
| 24 | Count point 92108Doncaster | 18,743 | 15 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A630 as the first road, placed on the nearest section by their recorded position; rates (per 100 million vehicle miles) are shown for sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more.
A630 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.9% of the vehicle miles on the A630. HGVs account for 3.5%, rising to 5.9% on A6023 to Butt Hole Rd.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.8% |
| 2001 | 5.6% |
| 2002 | 5.3% |
| 2003 | 5.2% |
| 2004 | 5.2% |
| 2005 | 5.4% |
| 2006 | 5.2% |
| 2007 | 5.4% |
| 2008 | 5.9% |
| 2009 | 5.0% |
| 2010 | 5.2% |
| 2011 | 4.7% |
| 2012 | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 4.4% |
| 2014 | 4.4% |
| 2015 | 4.5% |
| 2016 | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 4.1% |
| 2019 | 4.1% |
| 2020 | 4.5% |
| 2021 | 4.3% |
| 2022 | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 3.7% |
| 2025 | 3.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A630 traffic trend
Traffic on the A630 came to 242 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 4.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 8.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 13.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 200m |
| 2001 | 201m |
| 2002 | 203m |
| 2003 | 209m |
| 2004 | 212m |
| 2005 | 213m |
| 2006 | 212m |
| 2007 | 213m |
| 2008 | 209m |
| 2009 | 206m |
| 2010 | 200m |
| 2011 | 197m |
| 2012 | 203m |
| 2013 | 205m |
| 2014 | 206m |
| 2015 | 210m |
| 2016 | 213m |
| 2017 | 216m |
| 2018 | 229m |
| 2019 | 231m |
| 2020 | 187m |
| 2021 | 203m |
| 2022 | 213m |
| 2023 | 226m |
| 2024 | 229m |
| 2025 | 242m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 24,321 |
| 2001 | 24,472 |
| 2002 | 24,693 |
| 2003 | 25,437 |
| 2004 | 25,868 |
| 2005 | 25,971 |
| 2006 | 25,807 |
| 2007 | 25,893 |
| 2008 | 25,385 |
| 2009 | 25,136 |
| 2010 | 24,363 |
| 2011 | 23,974 |
| 2012 | 24,694 |
| 2013 | 24,982 |
| 2014 | 25,024 |
| 2015 | 25,542 |
| 2016 | 25,925 |
| 2017 | 26,314 |
| 2018 | 26,494 |
| 2019 | 26,441 |
| 2020 | 21,109 |
| 2021 | 22,961 |
| 2022 | 24,162 |
| 2023 | 25,586 |
| 2024 | 25,943 |
| 2025 | 27,097 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
The chart counts the whole road as it was each year, so new or renumbered stretches move it. The percentage changes compare only count points present in both years (75.9% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 6 of the 26 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A630 collisions
Police recorded 366 collisions with the A630 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 109 of them fatal or serious. That is 32.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.0 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 5.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | 16 |
| 2022 | 47 | 24 |
| 2023 | 62 | 31 |
| 2024 | 48 | 20 |
| 2025 | 47 | 18 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Sections with the highest collision rates
Per 100 million vehicle miles, 2021 to 2025. Sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more collisions.
| Section | Per 100m vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| A19 to A18 Doncaster · 51 collisions | 181.5 |
| A6123 to School Lane Rotherham · 30 collisions | 86.8 |
| A60 to A18 Doncaster · 32 collisions | 86.1 |
| A633 to A6123 Rotherham · 25 collisions | 68.1 |
| A1(M) to A60 Doncaster · 27 collisions | 52.7 |
| A6178 to Main St Rotherham · 18 collisions | 52.6 |
| A631 to A6178 Rotherham · 15 collisions | 22.8 |
| B6066 Rotherham Rd to M1 Rotherham · 13 collisions | 17.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 49 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A630 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A630
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Sheffield
- Rotherham
- Doncaster
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic counts and vehicle mix | Road traffic statistics (AADF by count point) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2000 to 2025 | 26 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 366 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
- Annual average daily flow (AADF) is the average number of vehicles passing a point on a typical day of the year, both directions combined.
- Vehicle miles are AADF multiplied by link length and 365, summed over every count point link on the road.
- Sections join count point links between junctions, using the link lines in DfT’s major road database.
- STATS19 covers personal injury collisions reported to the police. Damage-only collisions are not included, and not every injury collision is reported.
- Serious and slight figures are DfT’s adjusted estimates, which allow for police forces moving to injury-based reporting.
- Counts of one or two collisions below Great Britain level are shown as “fewer than 3”.
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